User:John Cummings/userpagedraft
| I work for Wikimedia Sverige, helping UN agencies and other international organisations share their knowledge and content on Wikimedia. I was Wikimedian in Residence at UNESCO for six years and before that at the Natural History Musuem and Science Museum in London. | .jpg)
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United Nations United Nations and other Intergovermental Organisations |
I've worked with many UN organisations and other international organisations, most of the owrk I've done can be found at WikiProject:United Nations:
- UNESCO: I helped them share 4000 photographs, illustrations, graphics from publications, infographics and videos which receive over 10 million page views per month on Wikimedia projects including 50 different language versions of Wikipedia. I've trained staff to add open license text from publications to over 200 Wikipedia articles, are read over 4 million times per month. I worked on the FindingGLAMs project to create the first worldwide map of cultural heritage institutions. I worked with Wikimedia Sweden and Wikimedia Italia produced a photography exhibition on cultural heritage at risk. I worked with their social media team to promote Wiki Loves Africa, Wiki Loves Monuments and Wiki Loves Earth. I helped organise Wiki4Women on International Womens Day 2018 and 2019 to bring attention to the gender gap on Wikipedia, over 200 people attended both events including the Director General of UNESCO and ambassadors of several countries
- World Health Organization: I helped plan plan possible projects between WHO and Wikimedia, I helped them open license graphics and images.
- FAO I have trained staff memebers to share graphics from publications which are seen around 850,000 times per month on Wikimedia projects. I have supported them (with Richard Nevell at WMUK) to contribute text to over 60 Wikipedia articles which is viewed over 800,000 times per month.
- UNEP: I helped them open license their flagship publications and share the content in Wikipedia articles to improve the quality of environmental information on Wikipedia.
- OHCR: I helped with the first steps of the amazing work done by Wikimedia Argentina to improve the quality and quantity of human rights content on Wikipedia
- UNFPA: I worked with them atWikimedia Sweden to improve content on Covid-19 in relation to maternal health
- UN Women: I helped them open license content and share it on Wikimedia, we have also collaborated on
- UNDP: I planned a Wikimedian in Residence project for the agency and helped recruit the candidate.
- WIPO: I uploaded a large amount of content from their archives and helped them design a Wikimedian in Residence programme.
- International Energy Agency: I'm working with their staff to contribute to Wikipedia and share their content under an open license.
- European Investment Bank: I worked with the European Investment Bank to develop a process to share knowledge from their publications, blog and staff. I wrote a staff manual and trained staff to share their knowledge, especially around renewable energy and pollution.
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Other projects Larger projects I've worked on |
I started MonmouthpediA: “Bringing a whole town to life on Wikipedia is something new and is a testament to the forward-thinking people of Monmouth, all of the volunteers and the Wikimedia UK team. I’m looking forward to seeing other towns and cities doing the same thing.” - Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia.
I was Wikimedian in Residence at the Natural History Museum, London and Science Museum
I helped organise Wikimania 2014 as a Wikimania organiser at Wikimedia UK, I ran the Community Village and some of the logistics.
I have advised many organisations on how they can benefit from working with Wikipedia including Amnesty International, Royal Society, Royal Veterinary College, Statisticians from UK government departments, Wellcome Collection, Breast Cancer Care, Department for Culture Media and Sport, UK Cabinet Office and Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Talks, workshops Talks, workshops, writing and smaller projects |
2030 Wikimedia Strategy: I was on the partnerships working group for the 2030 Wikimedia Strategy, many of our recommendations were taken forward including Identify Topics for Impact.
UN Presentations: I've spoken at many UN meetings including regularly to PIAM, the UN open access working group conference. I also organised the Wikimedia stall at UNESCO Mobile Learning Week for two years.
Wikimedia presentations: I've spoken and run workshops at a lot of different Wikimedia conferences over the years including Wikimania 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019 and 2021. Also WikiIndaba, Wiki Education Conference and Wikimedia Conference.
Training: I'm a Wikimedia UK accredited trainer for communities and organisations, I have run Wikipedia editing training with many UN agencies and others including: Zoological Society of London, Office for National Statistics, Imperial College, Medical Research Council. Blogs: I've written many blogs including; Wizards, Muggles and Wikidata: The Room of Requirement for structured knowledge, UNESCO and Wikimedia collaborate to promote built cultural heritage, 'Looking back on World Book and Copyright Day and How Wikipedia’s women were made more visible on International Women’s Day.
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Documentation Guides and instructions I've written |
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Wikipedia articles Wikipedia articles I've started or expanded |
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